Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) Pilot for Bangladesh

Author(s)
  • Peterman, Amber
  • Quisumbing, Agnes
  • Meinzen-Dick, Ruth
  • Dardón, Monica
  • Hassan, Md. Zahidul
  • Kamusiime, Herbert
  • Malapit, Hazel
Release Year 2012
Regions
  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
Themes
  • Women's empowerment
Resource Files

WEAI pilot data for Bangladesh, household modules A, C, H, B, D

hh_achbd_ban.dta
  • data/tabular

WEAI pilot data for Bangladesh, household module E1

hh_e1_ban.dta
  • data/tabular

WEAI pilot data for Bangladesh, household module E

hh_e_ban.dta
  • data/tabular

WEAI pilot data for Bangladesh, household module F

hh_f_ban.dta
  • data/tabular

WEAI pilot data for Bangladesh, household module G

hh_g_ban.dta
  • data/tabular

WEAI pilot data for Bangladesh, individual module F1

ind_f1_ban.dta
  • data/tabular

WEAI pilot data for Bangladesh, all individual modules except F1

ind_merged_ban_WEAI.tab
  • data/tabular
Source HARVARD Dataverse
Data collection period -
Usage Rights
Access Open
License CC-BY-NC
Contact point IFPRI-DATA
DOI https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CVVHZV
Providers International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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full citation Peterman, Amber; Quisumbing, Agnes; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; Dardón, Monica; Hassan, Md. Zahidul; Kamusiime, Herbert; Malapit, Hazel, 2012, "Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) Pilot for Bangladesh", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CVVHZV, Harvard Dataverse, V3, UNF:5:Vp1Y2dsCETx5BZvZfRfFIA== [fileUNF]

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Abstract


The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a composite measurement tool that indicates women’s control over critical parts of their lives in the household, community, and economy. It allows us to identify women who are disempowered and understand how to increase autonomy and decisionmaking in key domains. The WEAI is also a useful tool for tracking progress toward gender equality, which is one of the Millennium Development Goals.
The WEAI measures the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agriculture sector in an effort to identify ways to overcome those obstacles and constraints. The Index is a significant innovation in its field and aims to increase understanding of the connections between women’s empowerment, food security, and agricultural growth.
The Bangladesh pilot was conducted in the south and south western regions of the country, close to the Indian border, in these districts: Barguna, Jessore, Khulna, Madaripur, and Patuakhali.